Council Directive 94/45/EC
of 22 September 1994
on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (repealed)

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Repealed by Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance).

SECTION I GENERAL

Article 1 Objective
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Article 2 Definitions
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Article 3 Definition of ‘controlling undertaking’
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SECTION II ESTABLISHMENT OF A EUROPEAN WORKS COUNCIL OR AN EMPLOYEE INFORMATION AND CONSULTATION PROCEDURE

Article 4 Responsibility for the establishment of a European Works Council or an employee information and consultation procedure
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Article 5 Special negotiating body
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Article 6 Content of the agreement
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Article 7 Subsidiary requirements
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SECTION III MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Article 8 Confidential information
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Article 9 Operation of European Works Council and information and consultation procedure for workers
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Article 10 Protection of employees' representatives
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Article 11 Compliance with this Directive
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Article 12 Link between this Directive and other provisions
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Article 13 Agreements in force
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Article 14 Final provisions
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Article 15 Review by the Commission
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ANNEXE SUBSIDIARY REQUIREMENTS
referred to in Article 7 of the Directive
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